Lamp shade



March 13, 1928.. 1,662,3fi2

- 7 J; CHITRA LAMP SHADE Filed June 20. 1927 Patented Mar. 13, 1928;

I UNITE Joan Carma, or cinoaeo; ILLINOIS.

LAMP snaps.

Application filed June 20, 1927. Serial No. 199,951.

My invention relates-to improvements in lamp shades and has specialreference to improvements in methods andmcans for decorating lamp shadesand similar devices.

A particular object of my invention is to produce a lamp shade which maybe made.

object.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference. to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification and in whichFig. 1. is a side elevation of a lamp shade made in accordance with myinvention;

2. is a vertical. central, sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, is a fragmentary plan view of the ornamented portion of one ofthe panels showing one step of the process of producing the ornament; a

Fig. 4, is a view similar to Fig. but showing a further step in theproduction oi the ornament;

Fig. 5, is a sectional view on the line55 of Fig. 3:

Fig. 6, is a sectional view on the line of Fig. 4;:

Fig. 7. is a sectional view similar to Fig. 6, but showing the next stepin the production of the ornament; and

Fig. 8, is a similar section and shows the last step in the productionof the ornament.

In said drawings 1, indicates a lamp shade of ausual coned panelledshape. The shade comprises a wire frame 2, over which a cloth cover 3 istightly stretched and secured. The cover 3 is preferably of silk and isfirst made up of suitable size and shape so that when secured upon theframe the panels 4 thereof shall be stretched tightly and held in flatcondition.

The shade is adapted to be supported upon shown. After the cover hasbeen properly secured upon the frame it is ready to be ornamented. Theornamentation is preter ably in the form of a picture of: flowers,leaves, birds. etc; and I have shown a spray with flowers at 6 on one ofthe panels 4. This ornament 6 consists of a stem 7, leaves 8 and flowers9. The stem may be brown, the leaves different shades of green andyellow, and the flowers dilier'ent shades of pink or red. or any otherpleasingcombination of colors can be used. Inthe several figures heconventional indications of colors has been used to indlcate thedifferent colors.

In producing the ornamentation it has been a. most diiiicult undertakingto produce the ornamentin such a manner or by such means that the 0118or other ingredients of the .paints would not spread beyond the outlinesof the ornament and also to color the ornamentation.

By proceeding in accordance with my invention I am enabled to produceproperly colored ornamentations and without any spreading; of the oilsbeyond the outlines of the ornamentation. I first sketch out the outline10 ot the ornament, as shown in Fig. 3. and then I paint the panelwithin the outline with a. quick drying enamel such as Duco enamel. Thisfirst coat is shown at 1.1 in Figs. 3 and 5. It is indicated in Fig. 3by the. shade lines which indicate glass. The one essential to this coatis that it shall be so quick drying that it dries before it can spreadbeyond the surface to which it is ap plied.

Having thus prepared the surface of the silk I can now apply the oilcolor paints to the'several parts of the design. as indicated in Figs. 4and 6 at 12. Having permitted the oil colors to dry I then proceed toprepare the design to receive the glass particles or heads. For thispurpose I coat the ornament. withv a suitable varnish, as indicated at.13. Figs. 7 and 8, and when this varnish has dried av proper amount sothat it becomes quite sticky or tacky, I apply a coatingof the glassparticles or beads, as shown at 14:, Fig. 8. When the varnish iscompletely dried the ornamentation is finished.

For the purpose of keeping the first coat, enamel, from becoming toohard and tending to crack, it is mixed with a suitable proportion ofmedium, preferably gypsy painting post 5 and to contain electric lamps,not

medium being used, and likewise the paints are also mixed with medium tocause them to spread smoothly and evenly.

So far as I am aware, ornamentation of this character has neverheretofore been produced principally on account of'the difliculty ofapplying the oil paints, but by first enamelling the surface with amixture of enamel and medium I provide a foundation suitable forreceiving the oil paints and which foundation, due to the use of themedium, is flexible enough not to crack in use.

As lamp shades are al ays transparent or translucent it will beunderstood ofconrse thatthe materials of which the ornamentations aremade are such as will transmit light so that their beauty may be seenboth by reflected and transmitted light.

The final result is a most beautiful, colored and glass coveredornamentwhich adds materially to the appea-mnce of the plain silk shadesand provides ashade upon which ailargee'business is being built up. i

I claim:

1. The herein described method of ornamenting cloth such as silk, foruse in lamp shades and the like which consists in outlining a portion ofthe surface of the cloth to receive the ornamentation, applying enamelmixed'wit-h medium'to said outlined surface,

applying colored oil paints to the enamel when the enamel has dried,applying varnish to the painted surface and before the varnish iscompletely dried, applying glass beads to the varnish, thereby producinga suitable ornamental colored design covered with lass beads.

2. r. lamp shade or similar article, comprisinga translucent fabric suchas silk, a fran'ie upon which the fabric is tightly stretched, anornamentation on the fabric con'iprisii'ig a coating of enamel mixedwith medium covering a certain area to represent a. selected picture, alayer of colored" oil paints on'the enamel, a layer of varnish on theoil paints and a layer of glass beads secured by the varnish.

3; A lamp shade comprising a suitable frame of Wire, a silk coverstretched and secured upon the frame, an ornamentation on the silk,comprising acoating of enamel mixed with medium covering acertainarea torepresent a selected pictnrc a layer of colorcd'oil paints-on theenamel, a layer of. varnish on the oil paints and a layer of glass beadssecured by the varnish.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 6th day of June,1927.

JOHN ornrna.

